The ‘Hello Kitty’ Movie Is Apparently Really Happening
The animated Hello Kitty movie is officially moving forward with new directors. David Derrick Jr. and John Aoshima will take the helm, replacing Leo Matsuda. The film is set to be released on July 21, 2028, although no story details have been revealed yet.
- ▪The Hello Kitty movie has been in development since 2019.
- ▪David Derrick Jr. and John Aoshima are the new directors of the film.
- ▪The release date for the movie is set for July 21, 2028.
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The animated Hello Kitty movie has been in the works since at least 2019, when Sanrio and New Line signed a deal along with FlynnPictureCo to bring the bow-rocking icon to the big screen. But it’s taken a while to see forward movement. A big update came today with a pair of new directors coming aboard the film, which last fall was given a release date of July 21, 2028.cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"92b7b46b-43ed-4e0e-b21b-2c999302d9d7","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.gizmodo.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"2000760107","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"io9","SECTION":"movies","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"movies","TAGS":"hello-kitty","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); As The Hollywood Reporter tells us,…
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